Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of aortic arch disease in patients with cerebral infarction. | Zendy

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Transesophageal echocardiographic detection of aortic arch disease in patients with cerebral infarction.

Author(s) -

Pierre Amarenco,

Ariel Cohen,

M. Baudrimont,

MarieGermaine Bousser

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.7.1005

Subject(s) - medicine , aortic arch , cerebral infarction , ascending aorta , cardiology , autopsy , radiology , aorta , echogenicity , ischemia , ultrasonography

Ulcerated plaques in the aortic arch are frequent autopsy findings in patients with cerebral infarctions, particularly those of unknown cause. It has been suggested that they could be a source of cerebral emboli. Using transesophageal echocardiography, we prospectively studied 12 consecutive patients with cerebral infarction of undetermined cause after noninvasive workup to evaluate the frequency of aortic plaques or mural thrombi that could embolize in cerebral arteries.

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